generate-gitignore

#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
#! nix-shell --pure -i bash -p curl jq fzf coreutils findutils iputils cacert

# A quick command line interface for creating a gitignore with the API from https://gitignore.io.
# This script comes with a simple caching to avoid creating too much requests.

set -eo pipefail

CACHE_FILE="${XDG_CACHE_DIR:-$HOME/.cache}/gitignore-io.langs.json"

# Check if the language list is downloaded for the last hour (3600 seconds).
if [[ ! -e $CACHE_FILE ]] || test $(expr $(date "+%s") - $(date -r $CACHE_FILE "+%s")) -gt 3600
then
    curl --silent --location --output $CACHE_FILE "https://gitignore.io/api/list?format=json"
fi

KEYS=$(jq 'keys | .[] | @text' --raw-output $CACHE_FILE | fzf --multi | while read lang; do echo " .[\"$lang\"].contents"; done | paste -s -d ',')

jq "$KEYS" --raw-output $CACHE_FILE